Morality and Ethics

Morality

Every type of community has a certain ethics that are not based on a moral system; they are just known, like right from wrong. Marjane Starapi, Paul Bloom, and Kwame Anthony Appiah all share and defend this belief.

Kwame Anthony Appiah's article, "Education for Global Citizenship," makes the point that cosmopolitanism is something humans should globally share. Since we have a worldly media, via Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, libraries, and all kinds of international information on the web , we need to be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about these other cultures. Appiah states, "Existence of global media means we can know about one another and global interconnections--economic, political, military, ecological--mean we can affect one another."

Because of rationalism, we humans are more alike than different. We need to make these global and moral differences a beautiful thing, not discrimination, and educate the youth to see these differences as beauty. Appiah also says, "It's worth listening to others because they may have something to teach us; it's worth their listening to us because they may have something to learn." By using Appiah's ideas, our world would be a more peaceful place.

Marjane Starapi's exerpt from "The Veil" also teaches us that religious differences do not define who we are as a population. When Starapi's world changed under new government rules, she could not understand why she was "hiding" her appearance. The feeling she had about being different was not a good one. Even as a small child, Starapi realized that people will get judged on their moral differences. However, this does not mean that those differences make you not ethical.

Paul Bloom's "Is God An Accident," is a very controversial article about religion and why we believe in gods. Bloom quotes, "...nearly everyone in the world believes the same things: the existence of a soul, an afterlife, miracles, and the divine creation of a universe." So is accepting these things at birth an accident? Bloom concludes that by believing in these afterthoughts, our social responsibilities and actions are excused because our brain and our soul are two different objects. Personally, I think our soul is more important than our brain because our soul is what will live forever, and our soul gets us through spiritual situations in which our brain cannot. No matter what religion or non-religion you have faith or no faith in, do affect your decisions, but shouldn't affect your ethics.

Appiah, Sataropi, and Bloom all make relevant points about why we think and act how we humans do. All people can and should keep learning from each other, without judging them if they wear a religious veil or not. Being spiritual makes us stronger and more effective people, but we cannot excuse